Nobility

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Sovereign nobiliary offices

  • 8th Prince-Abbot of San Luigi in succession to the former sovereign and religious Abbey-Principality of San Luigi in the Fezzan, established in 1883 (further recognized by King Peter II of Yugoslavia as Prince de San Luigi in 1962, etc.) (2011-)

The arms of San Luigi
(Registered Polish Heraldic College and American College of Heraldry, 1930s; Collegium Heraldicum Concordiae, Poland, 2016)

  • Head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios, descending from the first rulers of Poland and Emperor Leo V the Armenian of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire (formally recognized by by H.B. Peter II Andrew, Patriarch of Miensk and All Byelorussia in Dispersion with approval of the Holy Synod, in favour of H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I, first Head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios 1970, and further by the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom, 2019, etc.) (2015-)

The arms of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios
(Matriculated by the International College of Arms of the Noblesse no. 2015/14)

  • 2nd Prince of Miensk and All Byelorussia, and pretender to the throne of Byelorussia (Belarus) (title created 1970 by H.B. Peter II Andrew, Patriarch of Miensk and All Byelorussia in Dispersion with approval of the Holy Synod, in favour of H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I, first Head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios) (2015-)

The arms of the Prince of Miensk and All Byelorussia (Gules fimbriated or a bend vert fimbriated or. Coronet: A princely coronet. Crest: An eagle displayed or.)
(Matriculated by the International College of Arms of the Noblesse no. 2015/15)

Nobility by virtue of descent from reigning monarchs

  • A Prince of Gniezno (by virtue of descent from the first rulers of Poland; the title of Prince or Princess of Gniezno is borne by all male and female members of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios) (2015-)

The arms of the Princes of Gniezno (Per pale azure and gules a fleur de lis or in chief bendy of four azure and gules. Crown: A Saxon crown. Supporters: Two lions rampant or. Crest: A demi-lion rampant argent.) (Matriculated by the International College of Arms of the Noblesse no. 2015/16)

  • A Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Hereditary Patrician of the Eastern Roman Empire (by virtue of primary descent from Emperor Leo V the Armenian of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, and additional descent from Eastern Roman Emperors Basil I, Leo VI, Alexios I Comnenos, Isaac II Angelos, Romanos II, and the Western Holy Roman Emperors Charlemagne and Louis III inter alia) (the title of Prince or Princess of the Holy Roman Empire is borne by all male and female members of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios) (2015-)
  • Noble of Memphis (by the Illustrious Society of Lords and Ladies of Memphis, Descendants of the Egyptian Pharaoh Ha’a’ib.Re’ (Wahibre Ibiau)) (the title of Noble of Memphis is borne by all male and female members of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios) (2013-)
  • Prince Charlemagne (by virtue of descent from Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks and Lombards; the title of Prince or Princess Charlemagne is borne by all male and female members of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios) (2015-)
  • Further nobiliary distinctions are held as a consequence of descent from the earliest rulers of various European monarchies (2015-)

Membership of other Royal and Imperial Houses

Nobiliary concessions by reigning monarchs

The arms of the Chief Oshodi of Irrua (Vert a cross gules surmounted by two swords in saltire or hilts and pommels in chief.) (Matriculated by the International College of Arms of the Noblesse no. 2015/17)

The arms of the Marquis of Valjevo (Barry of eight vert and argent a lion salient argent surmounted by a crocodile of the same. Coronet: The coronet of a Marquis. Motto: Fortiter.) (Matriculated by the International College of Arms of the Noblesse no. 2011/3)

Nobiliary creations by dynastic heads of Imperial and Royal Houses and by ecclesiastical authority

  • 3rd Prince of Vilna and All Byelorussia (title created 1971 by by H.B. Peter II Andrew, Patriarch of Miensk and All Byelorussia in Dispersion with approval of the Holy Synod in favour of Prince Frederick of Vilna and All Byelorussia, attached to San Luigi since 1985) (2011-)
  • 2nd Prince of Chou Wu (title created 1972 by H.R.H. Prince Au Chin-Han, pretender to the Celestial Empire of Great China) (2015-)
  • 2nd Prince of Hohenheim (title created 1987 by the head of the Swabian Imperial House of Hohenstaufen-Lanza) (2015-)

The arms of the Prince of Hohenheim (Gules a chevron vert fimbriated or between three fleurs de lis argent. Coronet: A princely coronet.) (Matriculated by the International College of Arms of the Noblesse no. 2015/18)

The arms of the Royal House Shikal 

  • 1st Kenéz (≅prince) of Balta (title created by the House of Cseszneky (de Csesznek(Vár) et Milvány), Hungary)  (2023-)
  • 1st Prince of Buloberde (title created by the Royal House of Hussen-Shikal-Mudaffar of Somalia) (2025-)
  • Royal Prince in the Royal House of Epirus (2025-)
  • Honorary Datu (title created by the Sultan of Baloi, The Philippines) (2015-)
  • Datu Paduka (title created by the Royal House of Maharaja Adinda Aranan, Sulu, The Philippines) (2016-)
  • 2nd Duke of Smolensk (subsidiary title of the Prince of Miensk and All Byelorussia created by H.B. Peter II Andrew, Patriarch of Miensk and All Byelorussia in Dispersion with approval of the Holy Synod, 1970) (2015-)
  • 3rd Duke of Serbia, Bosnia and the Holy Roman Empire (title created 1971 by the Byzantine and Serbian Imperial House under H.I.H. Marziano II Lavarello in favour of Prince Frederick of Vilna and All Byelorussia; attached to San Luigi since 1985) (2011-)
  • 2nd Duke of St. Cyrille (title created by H.R.S.H. Prince William of Alabona-Ostrogojsk and Garama in favour of H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I as Head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios) (2011-)
  • 2nd Duc de Resigne (title created by the Byzantine and Serbian Imperial House under H.I.H. Marziano II Lavarello in favour of H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I, head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios, 1971) (2015-)

The arms of the Duc de Resigne (Tierced per pall reversed gules or and argent three lions rampant or gules and argent.) (Matriculated by the International College of Arms of the Noblesse no. 2015/19)

  • 1st Duke of Feuat (subsidiary title of the Prince-Abbot of San Luigi, 2012) (2012-)
  • 2nd Duke of Kelibia (title created by H.S.H. Edmond III, 8th Prince-Abbot of San Luigi in favour of H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I, head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios, 2013, merged in 2015) (2015-)
  • 1st Duke of Samos (title created by H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I as head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios 2013 in favour of H.S.H. Edmond III, 8th Prince-Abbot of San Luigi, merged in 2015) (2013-)
  • 1st Duke of Synnada (title created by the Imperial Byzantine Amorian Dynasty) (2016-)
  • 1st Duke of Mardin (title created by the Imperial House of Tommassini-Leopardi of Constantinople (Justinian and Heraclian Dynasties) (2018-)
  • 1st Duke of Fushë-Kuqe (title created by the Princely House of Scuro, Albania) (2018-)
  • 1st Elteber of the Krivichs (title created by the House of Cseszneky (de Csesznek(Vár) et Milvány), Hungary)  (2023-)
  • 3rd Marquis de St. Laurent (title created by the Princely House of Deols, 1968, in favour of Prince Frederick of Vilna and All Byelorussia; attached to San Luigi since 1985) (2011-)
  • 2nd Marquis of Inheressu (title created by H.S.H. Edmond III, 8th Prince-Abbot of San Luigi in favour of H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I, head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios, 2013, merged in 2015) (2015-)
  • 1st Marquis of Tiberiopolis and San Giovanni d’Acri (title created by the Imperial Byzantine Amorian Dynasty) (2016-)
  • 1st Marquis of Mamurras (title created by the Princely House of Scuro, Albania) (2018-)
  • 1st Marquis of Maslinica (title created by the Sovereign Royal Granducal House of Dalmatia (Val d’Ors)) (2020-)
  • Count Palatine (of the Imperial Phrygian Amorian Dynasty) (2016-)
  • Count Palatine (of the Justinian-Heraclian Dynasty of Tomasi (subsequently Tomassini)-Paternò Leopardi of Constantinople) (2018-)
  • Count Palatine (of the Princely House of Scuro) (2018-)
  • 3rd Comte de Berville (title created 1936 as subsidiary title of the Prince-Abbot of San Luigi) (2011-)
  • 2nd Count in Swabia (title created by Fürst Johann Caspis von Schwaben, Pfalzgraf von Rhein-Kurfürst, in favour of H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I, head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios, 1980) (2015-)
  • 2nd Count of Celaya (title created by H.S.H. Simone Velluti Zati, head of the Ducal House of Isla de San Clemente in favour of H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I, head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios) (2015-)
  • 1st Count of Flaviopolis and San Giovanni d’Acri (title created by the Imperial Byzantine Amorian Dynasty) (2016-)
  • 1st Count of Pontus (title created by the Imperial House of Tommassini-Leopardi of Constantinople (Justinian and Heraclian Dynasties) (2018-)
  • 1st Count of Milot (title created by the Princely House of Scuro, Albania) (2018-)
  • 1st Szerdár (≅count/earl) of Padina (title created by the House of Cseszneky (de Csesznek(Vár) et Milvány), Hungary)  (2023-)
  • 1st Vicomte de St Jean (title created by Archbishop Frederick Burcklé von Aarburg, head of the House of Burcklé von Aarburg) (2017-)
  • 1st Vicomte de St. Serge (title created by Archbishop Frederick Burcklé von Aarburg, head of the House of Burcklé von Aarburg) (2023-)
  • 2nd Baron of Aarburg in Swabia (title created by Fürst Johann Caspis von Schwaben, Pfalzgraf von Rhein-Kurfürst, in favour of H.S.H. Prince Kermit William I, head of the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios, 1980) (2015-)

The arms of the Baron of Aarburg in Swabia (Within a bordure compony azure and argent, per pale argent and azure, a lion rampant counterchanged, in dexter chief point and sinister chief point bendwise two leopards’ heads counterchanged, on a chief gules three fleurs de lis argent. Coronet: A baronial coronet of the Holy Roman Empire.) (Matriculated by the International College of Arms of the Noblesse no. 2015/20)

It is the policy of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi and the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios that titles of nobility conferred upon or inherited by their heads (in united administration since 2015) are not only maintained as part of the nobility within the Royal Houses that have originally conferred them, but are also considered through the exercise of the sovereign prerogative to become substantive titles of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi and the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios as of the date of their conferral or inheritance. This policy ensures that should any of the conferring Royal Houses become extinct in the future (as has happened in the case of at least one such Royal House), the titles that have been conferred will continue in existence, as well as ensuring that the titles in question are subject to the various recognition agreements that apply to the titles and honours of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi and the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios. In addition, all arms awarded or inherited by the heads of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi and the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios are additionally matriculated in the register of the International College of Arms of the Noblesse with assignment in perpetuity to the heads of the Abbey-Principality of San Luigi and the Royal House Polanie-Patrikios as applicable.

Royal Protections and Patronages

Memberships of nobiliary associations

See also Foreign nobiliary and chivalric honours held, and foreign sovereignty exercised, by British nationals